11/4/2023 0 Comments Izip dash no power errorFingers and other body parts can get severely pinched between two attracting magnets. Here's what K&J Magnetics who sells neodymium magnets warns about them: "Neodymium Magnet Safety - The neodymium magnets we sell are extremely strong, and must be handled with care to avoid personal injury and damage to the magnets. I've worked with neodymium magnets and they are easily broken and shattered. Of course Currie is going to down play the problem of magnets coming loose. Try to be patient if your new dream bike has a fault. You have time to see the designs improve. I have seen two IZIP PAth failures on this forum alone, and would be skeptical. So what is a shopper to do? Well, you have the forums. Slapping a motor and battery from China onto a mountain bike and saying it is ready to buy is risky for the consumer, unless the OEM confirms piece part testing and does their own integration analysis and testing. Can the weight of a battery in the rear rack be sustained? Are the connectors waterproof by specification? What is the thermal model of the motor and is it protected thermally? Companies need some deeper pockets to pay engineers to do these analyses. Analysis - computer modelling should be done to prevent major design flaws. Companies that have been around a while and made adjustments will have better long term reliability.ģ. Here is where faults occur and get fixed with a new cycle time. Trial and error cycle time - Feedback from real world customers, and incorporating changes into new designs. None of that prooves what will happen during a rain storm or riding at 20F, or test solder joints after 5000 miles of road vibration.Ģ. They will do an electrical functional test, which may include some test riding. I bet most companies will not do any temperature/water spray/vibration/shock testing. Then mechanical issue of shock and vibration. There is also environmental issues, spray, water, salt, and its effect upon electronics. This can get real expensive to test the power system, motor+controller+ wiring+battery. There are three ways to prove a design with work and last. EBR is set up like a review guide, but it cannot flush out the upstart and minor/yet troubling design/manufacturing problems that arise with these new designs, nor is it intended to, apart from the forum. Kind of like a Car and Driver selection guide. Thus, the very informative and cool reviews by Court, on this web site, come accross as the cat's meow, like an ebike shopping chanel. Some of the comments about early adopters are true - we expect to pay a little more and work through the trials. Since most regular bikes work fine, what's the problem? The industry is getting there. We expect the ebike to work like a car - no issues, brand new, period. This issue compounds when people fork out $2-10k, and their new product doesn't work. Can OEMs design, build, and deliver products that work out of the box, and continue to work for 3-5 years without major troubles, and only maintentance? This question has been answered NO by every company that I know of, simply because of the complexity, rigors of use, and the design/manufacturing cycles. The specifics of this thread (IZIP E3 Path Plus Trouble) kind of underscore the greater picture and challenge of the e-bike industry. No problems! Motor was starting to get a little noisy, and the batteries were down to 50% range. Third year, 5000 miles: rear Swing Arm cracked at the welds, so the wheel/motor came loose from the bike. Many weeks of waiting.įirst year: battery relay failure. I mail them the crapped out one.įirst year, 3000 miles: Second battery failed 3 times, sometimes on the first day. They mailed me no fewer than 4 new motor/controller/wheels. Outcome: some mish mash of excuses ranging from sabotage to the controller allowing hard starts and the t/c tripping at low temperatures. Ended up pedaling my 90lb home 15 miles more than once. Gave me a new bike.įirst six months, 1500 miles: Motor kept tripping out on long runs in the Miami summer. Outcome: dealer and distributor had no clue after a week. Luckily someone i knew with a pickup truck saw me and took me home. Basically one of the most expensive EBikes at the time (OptiBike was more $$).įirst week: smoked the motor, locked up couldn't even push it home. Mine was 2 years on eveything, 5 years on the frame.Ģ009 A2B Metro, 2 batteries. The good companies figure it out eventually, if they don't go bankrupt first.Just make sure you have a good warranty. I doubt anyone has had more issues then me with my 2009 A2B Metro. I'm going to tell you guys you have to have a sense of humor about these problems.
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